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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.  African Proverb As Navigators, our collective desire is to advance the gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom through spiritual generations of laborers living and discipling among the lost. This means attuning ourselves to the ways God is leading us to new geographic areas for ministry, watching for His activity, and joining Him in His work. One such area is Fort Wayne, Indiana, where, to the best of my knowledge, Navigators has never previously placed a field representative.  When God called me to be part…

I am so proud of each of you as you follow God’s call on your lives! My greatest prayer is that you learn to hear from Him, cultivating a deep and abiding relationship with the one who loves you perfectly. As He leads you further into your calling, be the kind of leader who will inspire others to follow. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, don’t seek to be flattered, but seek to imitate the life of Christ, that it may be multiplied in others. Be courageous.Women God uses display resilience in the face of hardship and opposition….

Shame can be a powerful enemy. It lurks unseen around the pain in our hearts, devising its evil game of hide-and-seek unbeknownst to our conscious minds. Shame, which was meant to be a barrier between us and evil, has been twisted by the enemy since our days in the garden, degrading our souls with a message: “You are unworthy and unloved.” That crafty serpent, indwelt by the devil himself, would not only twist what God had said, but would sink his teeth into the protective measures God had put in place.  Shame, one of the most primeval reactions we experience,…

All That Glitters: Thoughts about Phoebe, the Deaconess from Cenchreae#womenofthebibleseries We know only a little about Phoebe, benefactor of the Apostle Paul. We do know she was highly regarded by the veteran apostle, trusted to carry his letter to the church in Rome. This letter, e.g. the Book of Romans, would later become the quintessential book for understanding Christian doctrine. Although her mention in Scripture is brief, we are told that Phoebe was a deaconess of the church in Cenchreae, an ancient Greek city, about 8 miles from Corinth (see Acts 20) where Paul resided as he wrote to the…

Our true connection started with a question. “What is your greatest desire for the church today?” We’d already been talking for thirty minutes, give-or-take. We’d introduced ourselves and explained what we do for a living. We’d found common ground in our commitment to sharing the gospel, to the Word of God, and to our desire to see communities helped through compassion ministries. Many commonalities filled our time and conversation: our families, our faith, and our work. Our conversation remained informational, however, touching on strategy and progress. Then I dug in. “What is your greatest desire for the church today?” I…